Clear and Present Danger Movie Review 1994

Ford returns for a second go at CIA agent Jack Ryan in the third installment of Tom Clancy's bestselling adventures. With the Cold War over, the U.S. government is the bad guy as Ryan discovers a link between a South American drug cartel and a Presidential advisor. Viewers will also finally get an answer to that nagging question at the end of "Patriot Games:" is it a boy or a girl? Archer's back as Ryan's annoying wife, and Birch and Jones also return. Keep alert for complex plot twists in lieu of tons of action, though there's enough to keep action fans happy.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 141 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adventure Drama, South America, Politics, Books to Film: Tom Clancy, CIA/NSA, Spies & Espionage, Top Grossing Films of 1994, Boom!, Jack Ryan

Screenplay

John Milius, Donald Stewart, Steven Zaillian

Cast

Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, James Earl Jones, Willem Dafoe, Thora Birch, Henry Czerny, Harris Yulin, Raymond Cruz, Joaquim de Almeida, Miguel (Michael) Sandoval, Donald Moffat, Theodore (Ted) Raimi, Dean Jones

Cinematography

Donald McAlpine

Director

Phillip Noyce

Music

James Horner

Producer

Mace Neufeld, Robert Rehme, Neufeld-Rehme Productions, Paramount Pictures

Awards

Blockbuster 1995: Action Actor, T. (Ford); Blockbuster 1996: Action Actor, V. (Ford).